Houston Packing Co. v. McDonald

The Houston Packing Company, plaintiff in error, filed suit against the Texas & New Orleans Railway Company before W. T. McDonald, justice of the peace, on the 11th day of December, 1912, for $7.50, damages for lost meat hooks, all costs of suit, and $20 attorney’s fees. The attorney’s fee was sought to be recovered under the provisions of article 2178, Revised Statutes of 1911; a compliance with the provisions of said statute being duly alleged by the plaintiff. Judgment was obtained by the plaintiff for the sum of $7.50, with 6 per cent, interest from January 30, 1912, together with $10…